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Are bivalves invertebrates

Updated: 10/8/2023

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Yes, they are mollusks. Snails and slugs are also mollusks, so you will recognize that these animals don't have internal bones.

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What has the author Richard F Dame written?

Richard F. Dame has written: 'Ecology of marine bivalves' -- subject(s): Marine invertebrates, Bivalves, Ecology, Biotic communities

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it feeds on a variety of resident organisms, including macroalgae, salt marsh grasses and small invertebrates such as amphipods, gastropods, bivalves, barnacles and polychaetes.

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Shrimp are one example of bottom feeding invertebrates. If you simply mean invertebrates that live on the sea floor, crabs, lobsters, and giant Pacific octopus would be examples. More examples would include sea slugs, sea snails, sea cucumbers (another bottom feeder), and bivalves (seashells like clams and oysters that have two shells that are attached to each other and can open and close like a hinge).

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What mollusk group are suspension feeders?

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What is the scientific name for bivalves?

Bivalvia is the scientific name for the bivalves.

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Humans and some sea animals eat bivalves. Bivalves are marine animals such as clams, scallops, oysters as well as mussels.

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There are several common bivalves that are often grouped into beds. Clams, mussels, scallops, and oysters are some of these common bivalves grouped into beds.

Why do bivalves have strong muscles?

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What do bivalves do when a grain of sand gets in its shell?

When life gives bivalves sand, they make pearls.

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